Water-elevator.



PATENTED NOV. 20,.,1906.

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FUNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A ILOUIS HENRY KENNEDY, OF UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR. OF

ONE-HALF TO EDWARD HELTON, OF UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented: Nov. 20, 1.906;

T0 @ZL whom 'llt/'may concern.-

Beit known that I, Louis HENRY KEN- NEDY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Union, in the county of Union and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVater-Elevators 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water-elevators; and theobj ect of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient means whereby water may be put under pressure within a cylinder in a well and caused to distribute water at different elevations without the use of pumping apparatus.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view through a well, showing the application of my water-elevating device, parts of the invention being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the weighted member which is positioned within the tank, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a tank, which may be of any size or shape and is provided with a strainer A' at its lower end and an inlet-opening B, which is regulated by a ball-valve B', which latter is held in place by means of a casing B2. Said tank is provided with a reciprocating plunger O, which fits tightly against the inner surfaceof said tank in which said plunger has a reciprocating movement, and said plunger has iianges C' extending about its lower face, and intermediate said flanges is a disk D.

E designates a shell adapted to form a weighted member, and in the lower end of said shell is a block E' resting upon a disk F, and said block E' and the disks D and F and also the plunger C are held together by meansy which are similar to the bolts G, which hold the block E' in place. Passing through a central aperture in the block K is a rod N, held to said blockby means of the nuts N', and the shank portion of said rod is threaded, as at N2@ O designates rods, the lower ends of which are fastened to the wall of the tank A and their upper ends fastened at O' to a platform or other object about a well or cistern in which the apparatus is positioned.

Q designates a plate having a groove upon its upper surface and is fastened to the platform P over the well and is provided with a central aperture, through which the shaft N has a play.

S designates a wheel having handles S' about its circumference and is provided with a central 'hub portion T, which has a threaded aperture therein designed to iit the threads i 2 upon the rod N, and the lower edge of said hubis grooved to receive ballbearings S2, which rest in the groove in the plate Q.

Leading from the lower portion of the tank is a pipe J, the upper end of which is provided with a faucet J', and, if desired, branching pipes may be connected therewith, whereby the water may be conveyed to any desired location.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: The tank being positioned at the desired depth in a well, it is held therein by means of the rods O, the tank being filled by water coming through the valve-regulated opening in the bottom thereof. When it is desired to apply pressure to the surface of the water in said tank, the weighted member IOO the weight may be raised to alocation near l tank, disks mounted one on each side of said the upper end of the tank and the supply replenished.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of the apparatus shown and described a simple and efIicient means is afforded whereby water may be conveyed under pressure to various elevations without the intervention of a pumping apparatus.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An apparatus for elevating water comprising a tank with a valve-regulated opening in the bottom thereof, an exit-pipe leading from said tank, a plunger with a flange on the under face thereof, the circumference of which fits against the inner surface of said j plunger, a weighted shell, a block mounted zo in the lower end of said shell, bolts fastened to said block, whereby the same is held to said plunger, a block fastened in the upper end of said shell, a threaded rod fastened td said block in the upper end of said shell, a z5 bearing-plate, a wheel having a hub portiogi 1* with a threaded aperture adapted to receive the threaded portion of said rod, said hub portion designed to contact with said bearing-plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afIiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. LOUIS I-IENRY KENNEDY. Witnesses:

Trios. MoNALLY, T. C. JOLLY. 

